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SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study

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Date: June 12th, 2022 Reference: Finfer et al. He is board certified […] The post SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: June 12th, 2022 Reference: Finfer et al. Reference: Finfer et al.

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Post-Intubation Sedation and Analgesia

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The reality of ever increasing ED volumes and longer boarding times to the ICU makes it imperative for emergency physicians to learn how to manage these critical patients. It was found that patients exposed to deep sedation in the ED had an independent higher incidence of continued deep sedation on ICU day one ( Fuller, 2019 ).

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Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

REBEL EM

Paper: Varney J et al. Health Sci Rep 2022. PMID: 35387313 Clinical Question: Do prehospital antibiotics impact 28 day mortality, length of stay in the hospital and ICU length of stay for patients triggering sepsis compared to usual care (No prehospital antibiotics)? References: Varney J et al. Health Sci Rep 2022.

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SGEM#394: Say Bye Bye Bicarb for Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Reference: Cashen K, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, et al. Sodium bicarbonate use during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a secondary analysis of the icu-resuscitation project trial. 2022 Date: February 15, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Carlie Myers is Pediatric Critical Care Attending at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

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AID-ICU Trial: Haloperidol for Treatment of ICU Delirium

REBEL EM

Background Information: Delirium is a common and serious condition in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is estimated to affect 30-50% of patients in the ICU and haloperidol is the most frequently used agent in treatment (3). Paper: Andersen-Ranberg NC,et al; AID-ICU Trial Group. 2022 Dec 29.

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Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock?

REBEL EM

Paper: Ibarra-Estrada, M et al. What They Did: Single-center, parallel, double blind, randomized controlled trial performed in a medical-surgical ICU (Mexico) Both groups received: Adjunctive vasopressin initiated at a dose of 0.03 Limited, small studies on its use in septic shock do not make a clear argument for use. Crit Care 2023.

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SGEM#371: All My LOVIT, Vitamin C Won’t Work for You

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Date: July 16th, 2022 Reference: Lamontagne F et al. Date: July 16th, 2022 Reference: Lamontagne F et al. She is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for septic shock. The ICU team is considering using Vitamin C therapy for this patient. Reference: Lamontagne F et al. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Salim R.

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